Universities and empire : money and politics in the social sciences during the Cold War / edited and introduced by Christopher Simpson.

Other author Simpson, Christopher.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton & Co., ©1998.
Descriptionxxxiv, 273 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Education, Higher--Political aspects. --United States. --History. --20th century.
Cold War--Study and teaching (Higher). --United States.
Social sciences--Research. --Political aspects. --United States.
Education, Higher--United States. --History. --20th century.
United States--Intellectual life. --20th century.

Portion of title Money and politics in the social sciences during the Cold War
Contents Universities, empire, and the production of knowledge : an introduction / Christopher Simpson -- Scientists as spies / Franz Boas -- Project Troy and the Cold War annexation of the social sciences / Allan A. Needell -- Notes on foreign economic policy / Max F. Millikan and Walt R. Rostow -- Play it again Sam : the practice and apology of development / Irene L. Gendzier -- Project Camelot and the career of Cold War psychology / Ellen Herman -- The Cold War and the African American expatriate community in Nkrumah's Ghana / Kevin Gaines -- Boundary displacement : area studies and international studies during and after the Cold War / Bruce Cumings -- Writing history in the present tense : Cold War-era discursive strategies of Soviet historians of science and technology / Slava Gerovitch -- The new corporate yen for scholarship / Lawrence Soley.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN1565843878